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Author & Book Resources to Support Reading Education. Reed Novel Studies. Primary Archives - Reading Australia. Amy and Louis Amy and Louis are best friends.

Primary Archives - Reading Australia

They live next door to each other. When they want to play they call… Teacher Resource Are We There Yet? Join Grace and her family on their adventurous and sometimes funny expedition. Teacher Resource Ash Road It's hot, dry and sweaty on Ash Road, where Graham, Harry and Wallace are getting their first taste … Teacher Resource Big Rain Coming A lyrical story about waiting for the rain to come to an isolated Aboriginal community. Teacher Resource Come Down, Cat! From the combined talents of Sonya Hartnett and Lucia Masciullo comes this tale of friendship and … Teacher Resource Do Not Go Around the Edges Daisy's life story runs along the bottom of the pages: how she was born on a mission, schooled, … Teacher Resource Don’t Let a Spoonbill in the Kitchen!

When birds go places they don’t belong, they get up to all kinds of mischief. Teacher Resource Dot and the Kangaroo Lost and afraid in the darkening bush, Dot is befriended by a kind Kangaroo. K-12 Passages to Build Reading Stamina. Skip to main content <div id="nojs-warning">WARNING: Javascript must be enabled for the correct page display</div> Sign InRegister ReadWorks.org The Solution to Reading Comprehension Search form ReadWorks K-12 Passages to Build Reading Stamina Share now!

K-12 Passages to Build Reading Stamina

Print. Syllable Games. Marker activity This activity, from our article How Now Brown Cow: Phoneme Awareness Activities, is an example of how to teach students to use a marker (i.e., token) to count syllables.

Syllable Games

The marker activity often used for word counting can be adapted for use in counting syllables. Teachers can provide each child with tokens and two or three horizontally connected boxes drawn on a sheet of paper. The children place a token in each box from left to right as they hear each syllable in a word. Multisyllabic manipulation This example includes several activities and a chart of multisyllabic words. Clapping games Associating syllables with a beat can help students to better learn the concept of syllables within words. Using mirrors The following link includes information on introductory activities such as using mirrors for teaching students about syllables. Jumping syllables This activity teaches student to separate words into syllables. In2Era. ABRACADABRA. Interactive Reading Websites. BLACKROSE INTERNATIONAL STORYTELLING.

The Literacy Shed. Heroes of Reading. Reading Rockets - Interviews with authors.